Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-25
l.. II R.-Agaln.
We have anothercommunieation from
l.. H.B. II is as follows:

l.. II. B.-Agaln.
We have anothercommunication from
L. H.B. II is as follows:
Does any man really hold thot I; makos no
difference 20 our prosperity whether our money
!. Speui st home or abroad? II l.. II. Il. sur
renders this point he surronders his theory. -
Dispatch.
Does not this mean tha, ersry man should
SPEND all Of his money at "hOme ~ For II
Sfery man should not spend his money az
"homO why should some do 20 and not others?
And II every man should not spond al OF his
money at home why should he spend so", 70
at home and some ABROAD? Of course IL
can mean nothing else but that every man
should spend an his money at " home"
Instead, therefore, Of surendering the point,
l. II. B., on the contrary, unhesitatngly asserts
that " gour policy ras carried out IN shoTtt itne
sreyy railroad WOud cease running, all trdret
1ooul6 come 10 std the tceathicS' cities and al
maHu(dcfVriBg sections poHd perish Of stared
ton, and that bGTbdrism and sdp0gsry tc0Hld
corer the Who's face Of the earth, as IS The case
Nth 4 frfcd at the present day
No. The only proper. wise, and profitable
course for individual, city, or state 70 pursue Il
10 buy Of those individuals, cities, or countries
shat win do our work for us at less cost than
We can do IL ourselves. Every man acts on this
principle when he lets the tailor make his coat,
tho shoemaker his shoes, and as you and do
when We allow the papcr-mak0r TO supply the
paper we write our articles on, rather than go
10 the extra expense OF making them ourselves.
States, even the greatest are only the aggre-
gate Of individuals, and political economy Is
ouiy the aggregate Of individual economy;
and what Is sauce for ono Is equally sauce for
all.
Now carry out your principle Of every man
TOR II not every nan where and why Will you
draw The line p buying AT "hOme."
In the first place, what is meant by "home?"
Where the heart is there is home, and where
the treasure Is there the heart IL. Therefore,
where our interest Is there Ia home. On this
laa no n
interests from Those of ShockOe Hin, and Judg-
ing by the sQuabblcs in the City Council, their
interests are not only diverse but hostile;
therefore. every man on Church Hin should
spend all his money on Church Hill, and every
man In the Valley should supply all his wants
IN tie Valley, and the residents on ShO 'kOe
lill should do the same. Further, those whose
interests lie on Main street should cOnhne
themselves 20 Main street, and 40 with Broad
street
Nonsense many will shy; city is a city, and
everybody in the same city constitute one home.
Grant IL for tho sake Of argument Wen. then,
what IL "home - II Richmond is home" all
outside OF Richmond must be ABROAD for, II
not, show US blind people how far outside of
her bounds will you draw the line. Anyhow,
let Us call Richmond our home, where We
should connne al our purchases OF course,
what applies 10 our homo applies TO the home
OF every other community, and they likewise
should confine all their purchases 10 their home.
Now. then, here we go on the happy road OF
every body buying everything at home. Re
member, however, for you 10 have any ground
TO stand Oh you must insist upon evcTgbOdy buy
ing erffpthtDg at home, for IL you make an ex-
cepton Of one thing or Of one part of the money
have the right also To make my exceptions.
and 70 has another, and another. and another;
and II you draw the line at your grandmother,
draw II at my aunt, and somebody else draws
IL AZ his brother, sister, friend, &c, &c. You
must either make your rule uniform and uni
vor-a or 1t will be torn TO tatters by the Wrang-
lings and contentious OF Tom. Dick. and Harry.
" n m not I'm al pfss hon n hint IA no
case our dear women will soon begin 10 suffer,
for ~ sOOn as their supply OF silks and velvefs,
wooliens and satins, camfi1cs and muslins and
the supplies In the stores give out indeed long
before that dreadful time, you will bsgn to see
them on the streets in curious guiso for Ia car
Iying out the theory Of buying 2, home they
Will have begun paTo1izing the Manchester
Cotton NILS, and we VIII begin to sec them
flIst few and after awhile al of them dressed
in uniforms OF beautiful coarse brown cotton.
But stop; am going too fast. Manchester Is
"ahroad, p and our fair sisters win not oven
have this resource, for unless we annex Man
chester and make her at home" they will all
have TO emigrate 10 q much warmer climate,
where he. leaves are abundant.
But before that dire event arrives we will
all most probably have starved to death, for on
the principle OF buying at home we will hayo
70 put stop 10 the Caf-lOads OF -four daily re-
ccivCd from the great West for however we
may all agree that Virginia is "homc." we
must certainly draw the limo az Republican
Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota: and even yon.
Mr. Disy0fcA, hind and benevolent a. YOU are
In agreeing that the North should be built up
by protection al our expense. must agree that
they are abroad" ONO must bay az home
or siarve. on bat our mills will supply u.s.
But II The mills don't supply us whou they do
buy "abroad what j. 10 become Of Us whom
we buy aitOget her at homer
Now, what l. % become Of our thirty-fOur to-
hacoo- factories and their many dependents-
Granting Virginia is "hOme," is North Caro-
lima home is Ohio hOmes IL then are home,
stretching -
10 woDt bOlc, and II they are not home then
our factories must stop buying there. Now
ask mhnuiGctnfers except the Australia eX- |
pOrtefs. what they would do IL they could not !
get North Carolina brights and Ohio burleys. |
Eyety one Of thcm would toll You they must |
stop ei once. And then il thore was no buying |
q" abroad y your valuable paper would soon !
ccase 10 mas its appearance, for though you |
may buy paper and type here, You can't buy |
ink or machinery. Without coal from West !
virginia which Is also abroad" aud Pennsyl- |
abroad" We would be in complete darkness.
Even II Mr.. Crew stopped making Dixie |
soap he couldn't supply candles enough.
No. Mr.. Editor, tbis theory Of buying al home |
leads TO darkness, starvation, and death TO Us
and 70 ovefy other portion Of the world This il
the fallscy you fail To see. The only true policy
u ~ buy where everybody finds their int"rcst |
TO buy. People Voluntarily viii only bay |
where it As their interest 10 Duy. aud what bene-
hts thtm most benefits the community most
as elsewhere.
I am In favor OF people buying rolua,atiyy al
home, but not by crmIu'sien, and my enmlty
10 protection, 10 any protection, Is because 10 Is
compulsory.
II home manufacturers are not riiliay 10 sell
10 "hOmo" consumers as chOapiy as foreign
manufacturers win sell Thorn, we arc under 10
sort OF obligation 10 buy Of them, and IL
" homo manufacturers cannot sell as eheaply
a. " abroad" manufacturers, then they ought
10 shat up shop and so 70 something they can
10 letter.
n wei must buy at "homes then our manu-
factureIs must be confined TO their ''home"
market, and when this happens, then every |
manufacture must clCso his door,
have already extended ny space. II j.
oasy for every one tofoliow out my argument 70 |
Ire conclusion OF starvation and barOaris,n FOR
the whole world.
You unintoniionally misrcpressnt mo about
dulles on tObaoco MUst asE further space.
Tho Interest on tho subject lusiiaes further
oiscuieion. l. II. u.
We said the other day that l.. II. b.
was logical writer. We fear, how
ever. that his logic 10 like that of the
Irishman who, when offered stove
that would save half OF the wood, said
that be would take two and save all the
wood. i. Ii. b. must have been
troubled in his college days with the
anhnomies which are always floating
around institutions of learning. AcHu.-
LIS cannot overtake the tortoise; be-
cause, 40 logic says, the tortoise win
always pass over one fourth or one
tenth the distance run by ACHILLES.
however rapidly the man may ran, and
so fer ever keep ahead of the tortoise.
For the same reason, tie minnie hand
OF clock can never oyertake the hour
hand. The same sort OF logic made the
"one-horse shay" disappear all at
Dnce-wheels, seats, axles, shafts, spat-
ler-boari. all vanished like summers
loud without moments warning, be- :
'aasc thevebicle had been made equally I
astipg in all its parts. One part ]